Reviewers this month covered music well-known to wide classical audiences and much that will be new to many, both from recently written works and works neglected as time passed. Among the former are piano quartets by Brahms, featuring the late Lars Vogt on piano in his final recording, and Isata Kanneh-Mason’s recording of works of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Also highlighted were rare operatic recordings, such as Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček and the recorded premiere of Joachim Raff’s Die Eifersüchtigen. Albums of new music included Solos featuring compositions by The National’s Bryce Dessner and Anna Clyne: Shorthand, with Eric Jacobsen (pictured) leading his orchestra, The Knights.
Eivind Aadland, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra – Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Symphonic Poems – Tanken, Jesus i Gethsemane
Sharon Carty, Morgan Pearse, John Andrews, BBC Concert Orchestra – Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs
Sharon Bezaly, Wild Beautiful Orchestra – Sorabji: Vocal and Chamber Works
Barbara Buntrock, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt – Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Thomas Blondelle, Sieglinde Feldhofer, Marius Burkert – Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt
Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov – Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Charles Villiers Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs
Sarah Connolly, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Malcolm Martineau – Brahms Songbook, Vol. 2
Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake – Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano
Danish String Quartet – Keel Road
Alexandra Dariescu, Tianyi Lu, Philharmonia Orchestra – Clara Schumann, Edvard Grieg: Piano Concertos
Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies, Dalia Stasevska – Thomas de Hartmann: Rediscovered
Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra – Dvorák: Symphonies Nos 6-9 [2024 Remaster + Smetana, Janacek]
Bryce Dessner – Solos
Quatuor Diotima – Bruckner & Klose: String Quartets
Alexandre Dossin – George Walker: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2
Mahan Esfahani – Bach: Preludes; Inventions; Sinfonias
Byron Fidetzis – Spyridon Samaras: Tigra; Epinikeia; Chitarrata
Jean-Paul Gasparian – Origins
Augustin Hadelich, Orion Weiss – American Road Trip
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan, Jeffrey Biegel – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad
Charlotte Hu – Liszt: Metamorphosis
Eric Jacobsen, The Knights – Anna Clyne: Shorthand
Paavo Järvi, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Karl Jenkins, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Karl Jenkins: Stravaganza
Isata Kanneh-Mason – Mendelssohn
Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman – Scaramella: Obrecht, Fitch, Brumel, Agricola
Juliana Koch, Julian Bliss, Michael McHale – Ruth Gipps: Piper of Dreams
Konstantin Krimmel, Ammiel Bushakevitz – Mythos: Schubert, Loewe
Quatuor Van Kuijk – Impressions parisiennes
Jaroslav Březina, Aleš Briscein, Jaroslav Kyzlink – Leos Janácek: The Excursions of Mr. Broucek
François Lazarevitch, Sandrine Chatron, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien – Mozart: Concertos pour flûte; Concerto pour flûte et harpe
Manuel Lipstein – Roots: Telemann, Hindemith, Feldbusch, Lipstein, Cassadó
Viktoriia Vitrenko, Alexei Lubimov – Valentin Silvestrov: Forgotten Word I Wished to Say
Gergely Madaras, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège – Liszt: Faust-Symphony; Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Klaus Mäkelä, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Harriet Krijgh, Baiba Skride, Elsbeth Moser, Andrew Manze – Sofia Gubaidulina: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan; Rejoice! Sonata for Violin and Cello
Maria Narodytska – War Poems: Szymanowski, Chopin, Narodytska, Shostakovich, Liakhovych
Lise Davidsen, Andris Nelsons, Wiener Philharmoniker – Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn 2024
Emöke Baráth, Philippe Estèphe, Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel – Fauré: Requiem; Gounod: Messe de Clovis
Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra – Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works
Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23
Arnaud De Pasquale – Mozart à Paris 1778
Rachel Barton Pine – Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5
Matthias Bein, Mirjam Fässler, Joonas Pitkänen – Raff: Die Eifersüchtigen
Lawrence Power, Nicholas Collon, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto; Absence; Serenades
Rachel Lee Priday, David Kaplan – Fluid Dynamics
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Riccardo Minasi, Ensemble Resonanz – Antonín Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos
Natalie Christa Rakes, arx duo, Dover Quarte – Steven Mackey: Memoir
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot – Marin Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
Max Richter – In a Landscape
Ernst Schlader, Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin – Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33; Clarinet Concerto
Gabriel Schwabe, Nicholas Rimmer – Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek – Joy & Asymmetry: Rautavaara, Aho
Sitkovetsky Trio – Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 3 – Op. 1/1 & 70/1 ‘Ghost’
Nathalie Stutzmann, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; American Suite
Voces Suaves, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin – Bach’s Roots: Early Influences on the Young Master
Various Artists – Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons
Various Artists – Brett Dean: Rooms of Elsinore
Various Artists – Holst: Savitri; The Planets; The Perfect Fool Ballet Suite
Various Artists – Tony Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra – 7, 6, 5
Sally Walker – Boccherini: Chamber Works for Flute
Andreas Willwohl, Daniel Heide – Viola & Piano: Schubert & Shostakovich
